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Papers HO 18/225/24.
Catalogue reference: HO 18/236/45
Date: [1848-1849]
Papers HO 18/225/24.
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Prisoner Name: Jacob Hesz or Hess, a German tailor, living in England for two years....
Catalogue reference: HO 18/275/50
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- HO 18/275/50
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1850
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner Name: Jacob Hesz or Hess, a German tailor, living in England for two years.
Court and Date of Trial: Old Bailey, November 1849.
Crime: Cutting and wounding George Wenner.
Initial Sentence: 12 months imprisonment with hard labour.
Outcome: Nil.
Petitions and letters: The prisoner states he did not use a knife, as alleged, and only acted in self defence against the three or four men who attacked him. He supports his wife, children and aged mother.
Petition from Maria Catharina Hesz, wife of the Prisoner, begging for remittance of sentence for her husband who has already suffered five months in prison,she and her family have lost their only support.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- 275/50
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HO 18
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series II
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